O Shepherd of the Sheep SWABIA—Johann M. Spiess O Shepherd of the Sheep 1 O Shepherd of the sheep, High Priest of things to come, Who didst in grace Thy servant keep, And take him safely home; 2 Accept our song of praise For all his holy care, His zeal unquench’d through length of days. The trials that he bare. 3 Chief of Thy faithful band, He held himself the least, Though Thy dread keys were in his hand, O everlasting Priest. 4 So, trusting in Thy might, He won a fair renown; So, waxing